"My mindset is climbing the ladder and I believe we have the same commitment from the guys in there," Havoc coach Randy Murphy said. "We can't look beneath us."

Nick Guran scored two goals and Rob Campbell had two assists for the Surge (25-20-3).

"I thought we made it real difficult on ourselves, gave up too many odd man rushes," Murphy said. "Maybe we deserved a better fate. There's no moral victories this time of year."

Huntsville's Glenn Detulleo had one goal and one assist. Justin Fox and Alex Morton made two assists apiece. Ray Ortiz and Greg Brown had one goal each.

"A bit of the way the season's gone for us," Detulleo said. "We play good in spurts and we just make kind of a mental error or mistake. It seems like we're shooting ourselves in the foot a little bit."

Said Fox, "I thought we played a good 60 minutes. Just a couple of mental lapses ended up with goals in the net. And you can't have those against a good team like that."

Detulleo put the Havoc up 1-0 at 6:39 into the first period with his 12th goal. His shot from the slot eluded Surge goalie Nick Eno with assists from Fox and Morton on the power play.

Mississippi's Jeff Grant received a pass to the right of the crease and beat Havoc goalie Mark Sibbald at 16:36. Scott Jenks and Campbell assisted on the power play.

The Havoc went ahead 2-1 on Brown's goal at 17:23, assisted by Fox and Detulleo. But the Surge tied the score with just three seconds left in the first on Guran's short-handed goal with an assist from Grant. Mississippi outshot Huntsville 20-9 in the period.

Guran gave the Surge a 3-2 lead at 2:42 in the second period, assisted by Mark Pawlowski and Campbell.

A breakaway led to Mississippi's goal by Adam Stuart at 11:46 with assists from Matt Kinnunen and Chris Chambers. Shots on goal in the period were 13-10 Mississippi.

The Havoc closed within 4-3 at 7:01 in the third when Ortiz scored his 13th goal, assisted by Mike MacDonald and Morton.

Eno made 27 saves for Mississippi while Sibbald finished with 36 in the loss. Huntsville went 1-for-3 on power plays and the Surge went 1-for-6.

The Havoc will host the Pensacola Ice Flyers on Saturday night at 7:30 at the VBC. They're preceded by the second annual Huntsville Legends of Hockey scrimmage game at 5:45. Gates open at 5:30.